Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-24
GIeanings From the Press.

1IUih the ITcSS.
People who dislike common things are
making market for gold handled penknives.
1t is craze to have in ones house as MANY
different kinds of ornamental lamps as posi-
BILE.
An English1nan Of. IS recently sued a lady
of 46 for breach of promise, and the Jury
awarded him e27.
There must be about 100000 yards of
lace that once ornamented grandma's we'd
ding dress
Fraudulent advertisements have been the
means of filling Chattanooga, Tenn, full of
idle carpenters.
New Workers are surprised to know that
Chicago ladies sometimes dine at the clubs
which their husbands frequent.
A thankless task is that some good people
are now engaged in of endeavoring to recon
Gle couples who have an idea it is fashion
able to be divorced.
Nearly all the men of greath wealth, who
make any pretense of art knowledge, now adj
NIT that they intended to buy Munkacsy's
great painting.
The gold brick swindlers are beginning to
find victims even in the land of gold Two of
them recently did a Los Angeles real estate
agent out of 81, ZOO by the threadbare scheme.
To be up with the times the society woman
must now abandon the spider track penman-
ship and adopt the fine Italian hand which la
dies of long ago delighted in.
A woman suffering from paralysis at the
Grand hotel, Monte Carlo, and who had been
for long time unable to move, jumped from
her bed in alright when she felt the earth
quake shock, and ran down several flights of
stairs.
A couple of unfriendiy dogs had mill in a
mill at Cuthbert, Ga, and in the course of the
fight knocked down gun leaning against the
wall, and when it fell it went off and killed
one Of the dogs instantly. The survivor was
intensely surprised at his victory
Some of his neighbors found miser living
in wretched hut near Howell, Mich, nearly
dead from a lack of proper food They put
him to bed cared for him, and then took
some of ibis boarded dollars and bought him
new clothes and good food.
John Bernard quotes Jefferson to the effect
that Mirabeau was moody without wine,
agreeable for an hour or two when drinking
it, and then hilarious to madness, recalling
the image of the sibyl during the throes of
inspiration"
"A clerk dI Cne ColuIHDla pOSGO11lce the other
day was saluted by an old fellow outside who
said he wanted to send off a letter. ''All
right" said the genial puryeyor of stamps;
two cents, please" Give only got one cent,
said the old man; ajust put that on and let the
letter go slow" r.
News received from Afghanistan through
native sources shows that the ameer is
making strenuous efforts to raise new army.
He has issued circular to his subjects,
telling them to prepare for holy war 1t is
believed that he contemplates war against
Russia.
Mrs. Grundy says there are too many people
in society of the class who do not hesitate to
ask to be helped second time to soup at even
the most formal dinner parties
The Arabs claim that Eve was created
twenty two years before Adam was, and that
Adam was created simply because she was
lonesome for some one to talk to.
A wealthy merchant in SansFrancisco, CAL,
has sent request to an agent in Yokohama
to engage four gardeners in order to lay out
his garden in japanese STYLE The term of
service is for two years, the annual salary be-
ing $500.
A bear was found with his tongue frozen to
monkey wrench near Durfee's mill, Mon.
tena, enc day recently.